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New Corona data shows why severe courses are becoming increasingly unlikely: The coronavirus is mutating. Constant. This means that it tries to escape the ...
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New Corona data shows why severe courses are becoming increasingly ...
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Korea vigilant as measles cases increase in Europe : Health authorities in Korea have strengthened monitoring of suspected measles patients in a bid to prevent a ...
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Korea vigilant as measles cases increase in Europe
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Japan received 25m tourists in 2023, reaching 79% of pre-COVID level: TOKYO -- Japan welcomed 25.06 million visitors last year, reaching 79% of the ...
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Japan received 25m tourists in 2023, reaching 79% of pre-COVID level
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Korea to offer free rapid diagnostic tests for dengue virus : Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue fever will be accessible at all airports across the country ...
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Korea to offer free rapid diagnostic tests for dengue virus
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Seoul Plaza ice skating rink to open Friday : The seasonal iconic ice skating rink at Seoul Plaza is set to open on Friday until Feb. 11 next year ...
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Seoul Plaza ice skating rink to open Friday
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Marriages with foreign spouses in Korea log largest growth in 2022 as pandemic eases
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Covid vaccines have been linked to small increases in blood, neurological and heart-related conditions in the largest global safety study into the shots yet ... Show more
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How well we are protected against new corona variants: The corona virus mutates again and again and new variants emerge. Researchers from South Korea have now ...
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How well we are protected against new corona variants
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All cattle now vaccinated against lumpy skin disease | Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Yonhap) -- The agriculture ministry said Saturday it has completed its ...
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All cattle now vaccinated against lumpy skin disease | Yonhap News Agency
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North Korea's Kim says his visit shows 'strategic importance' of Russia
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Korea stacks up 15m doses of Covid-19 vaccine for winter: The first batch of Pfizer’s vaccine for XBB.1.5, an omicron subvarient of Covid-19, has arrived ...
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Korea stacks up 15m doses of Covid-19 vaccine for winter
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S. Korea's weekly virus cases rise for 7 straight weeks, but pace slows down | Yonhap News Agency
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Korea reports season's 1st avian influenza case : Korea on Monday confirmed a highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) case at a duck farm for the first time ...
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Korea reports season's 1st avian influenza case
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Korea to downgrade COVID-19's infection level to lowest Aug. 31 : Health authorities have decided to downgrade the COVID-19 infection classification level to ...
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Korea to downgrade COVID-19's infection level to lowest Aug. 31
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South Korea recommends masks in crowded places as Covid-19 cases spike: July 26 saw 57,220 cases, the first time in 6 months that the caseload exceeded 50,000 ...
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South Korea recommends masks in crowded places as Covid-19 cases spike
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South Korea Declares War On Bedbugs As Pests Take Over Homes And Trains: Bedbugs nearly eradicated in the 1960s, have resurged in South Korea following the ...
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South Korea Declares War On Bedbugs As Pests Take Over Homes And Trains
Quick Glance: South Korea Fights Back Against Bedbug Infestation
  • South Korea grapples with bedbug outbreaks during post-pandemic tourism boom.

  • Government initiates comprehensive four-week campaign to combat bedbug infestation.

  • Immediate disinfection implemented in suspected bedbug locations.

  • South Korea confirms 30 cases of bedbugs and plans to invest almost 2 million euros to tackle the issue.
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S. Korea confirms another avian influenza case in cat | Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, July 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday confirmed another avian influenza ...
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S. Korea confirms another avian influenza case in cat | Yonhap News Agency
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When US soldier Travis King sprinted across the border into North Korea from the South this week, he disappeared into a North Korea where lingering COVID ... Show more
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S. Korea's weekly virus cases rise for 5th consecutive week | Yonhap News Agency
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Quick Glance: South Korea Sees 5th Consecutive Weekly Rise in Virus Cases
  • South Korea reported an increase in new coronavirus cases for the fifth consecutive week.

  • The country had an average of 45,529 new infections during the week of July 25-31.

  • Experts attribute the rise in cases to waning vaccine immunity and the emergence of immune evasive variants.

  • The health authority plans to lower the COVID-19 disease level and transition to a normal state of the medical system.
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Korea will no longer require arrivals to the country to register their health information on pre-entry quarantine information system, known as Q-Code ... Show more
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Korea downgrades COVID-19 to lowest infection level : The infection level of COVID-19 was reduced to the lowest Class 4, on a level with seasonal flu ...
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Korea downgrades COVID-19 to lowest infection level
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Gov't to fully lift remaining COVID-19 mask mandate next month : The government will adjust the COVID-19 pandemic's infection classification level to the ...
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Gov't to fully lift remaining COVID-19 mask mandate next month
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Opinion | Labor Lessons From the Pandemic: New research confirms that if you pay people not to work, they won’t.
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Opinion | Labor Lessons From the Pandemic
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 20,000 amid downtrend | Yonhap News Agency
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A new federal program and other community efforts will continue providing free vaccines for uninsured people, but experts say it won't be as easy for them to access the shots
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Shibuya mayor: Don't visit here on Halloween: Shibuya in Tokyo has become famous as one of the go-to places to drink and wear costumes every end of October.
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Shibuya mayor: Don't visit here on Halloween
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Scientists Raise Alarm as More Cats Die from Avian Flu: In the first cases of H5N1 bird flu detected in cats in the country for seven years ...
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Scientists Raise Alarm as More Cats Die from Avian Flu
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Korea reports net inflow of migrants in 2022 amid eased virus concerns : Korea reported a net inflow of migrants in 2022, data showed Thursday ...
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Korea reports net inflow of migrants in 2022 amid eased virus concerns
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Health authorities warn of infectious diseases transmitted from overseas : Health authorities urged people to guard against infectious diseases transmitted from ...
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Health authorities warn of infectious diseases transmitted from overseas
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☝️ 1 big thing: Inside the eye of a hurricane Plus: The FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines And: Monitoring AI for hate speech🎧 Listen to Axios Today: Show more
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Online shopping in Korea rose 8.7 percent on-year in May on the stronger demand for travel services amid the eased COVID-19 restrictions, data showed Monday ... Show more
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S. Korea likely to downgrade COVID-19 on par with seasonal flu this month | Yonhap News Agency
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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases tick up amid eased curbs | Yonhap News Agency: SEOUL, March 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new COVID-19 cases rose to over ...
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(LEAD) S. Korea postpones plan to ease virus curbs amid recent COVID-19 surge | Yonhap News Agency
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South Korea records first locally transmitted monkeypox case: South Korea records first locally transmitted monkeypox case
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South Korea records first locally transmitted monkeypox case
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S. Korea confirms avian influenza cases in cats for first time in 7 years | Yonhap News Agency
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S. Korea confirms avian influenza cases in cats for first time in 7 years ...
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New COVID-19 cases at 9-month low; gov't lifts mask mandate on public transportation
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New COVID-19 cases at 9-month low; gov't lifts mask mandate on public ...
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International marriages hit 3-year high amid eased entry restrictions : The number of international marriages hit a three-year high in 2022, with the ...
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International marriages hit 3-year high amid eased entry restrictions
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Korea considers lifting mask mandate on public transportation : The government is considering lifting the mask mandate for public transportation soon ...
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Korea considers lifting mask mandate on public transportation
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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Beats the Tesla Model 3 on Range: The numbers are in, and it's close but decisive: the Ioniq 6's EPA range estimate beats the Tesla Model ...
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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Beats the Tesla Model 3 on Range
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Most people masked up on 1st day of lifting of mandate rules: An indoor mask mandate imposed nationwide comes to an end, Monday, with few exemptions such as ...
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Most people masked up on 1st day of lifting of mandate rules
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(LEAD) N. Korea has apparently lifted mask mandate | Yonhap News Agency: (ATTN: ADDS ministry official's remarks in paras 6-8, byline)By Lee Minji SEOUL, Ju ...
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China halts short-term visas in South Korea, first response to COVID curbs: The Chinese embassy in South Korea has suspended issuing short-term visas for South ...
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China halts short-term visas in South Korea, first response to COVID curbs
Quick Glance: China Hits Back at South Korea, Japan in Covid Retaliation
  • China has suspended issuing some visas for South Korea and Japan in Beijing's first retaliation against Covid-related curbs on Chinese travelers.

  • Chinese consulates in South Korea will stop issuing short-term visas for visits, business, tourism, medical care, transit and personal matters from Tuesday, the Chinese Embassy in Seoul said in a statement.

  • The suspension will be adjusted if South Korea removes its "discriminative inbound restrictive measures" targeting China, it added.
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‘An addiction’: masks come off slowly in Hong Kong as habit outlasts Covid: Asian financial hub was one of last places to lift mandate but many prefer to keep ...
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‘An addiction’: masks come off slowly in Hong Kong as habit outlasts Covid
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Celebrities head back abroad to film K-food reality shows : Reality shows that combined travel with food hit their peak before the coronavirus with a handful of ...
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Celebrities head back abroad to film K-food reality shows
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Civil servant mined cryptocurrency on government property during height of Covid pandemic
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Chinese traveler arrested after fleeing covid isolation, Korean police say: The arrest ended a two-day manhunt in South Korea, where almost one-third of ...
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Chinese traveler arrested after fleeing covid isolation, Korean police say
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Childcare centers, academies returning to pre-pandemic normality : Childcare centers and private tutoring academies are getting closer to a return to ...
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Childcare centers, academies returning to pre-pandemic normality
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China defends its retaliation against South Korea, Japan COVID-19 curbs: BEIJING: Chinese state media defended on Wednesday (Jan 11) the retaliatory measures ...
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China defends its retaliation against South Korea, Japan COVID-19 curbs
Quick Glance: Torches "ward off evil" at Fukuoka Prefecture shrine celebration
  • The Oniyo Fire Festival is a national important intangible folk cultural asset held at the Daizenji Tamataregu shrine in Kurume, a city in Fukuoka Prefecture's southern section.

  • During the major ceremony, parishioners clothed in loincloths light enormous torches and march them around the temple grounds.

  • They are supported by wooden poles made of a variety of oak.

  • Just before 9 p.m., six torches were lighted.
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COVID-19 isolation period likely to be shortened to 5 days in May : The mandatory COVID-19 isolation period is expected to be reduced to five days from the ...
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COVID-19 isolation period likely to be shortened to 5 days in May
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Center offers free STI testing to foreign residents of Korea : Up past Itaewon's colorfully named Hooker Hill and Homo Hill, medical professionals showed up in ...
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Center offers free STI testing to foreign residents of Korea
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Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 20,000 ahead of lifting of indoor mask mandate
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Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 20,000 ahead of lifting of ...
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S. Korea lifts standstill order against foot-and-mouth disease | Yonhap News Agency
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Mask requirements are being dropped in several countries across East Asia, where Covid rules have lingered. South Korea loosened its indoor mask mandate ... Show more

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According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Sunday, international flights have recovered to close to 70 percent of their pre-COVID ... Show more

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S. Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 20,000 ahead of lifting of indoor mask mandate | Yonhap News Agency
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South Korea to require COVID tests for Hong Kong, Macau travellers: South Korea's health authorities said on Tuesday it will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on ...
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South Korea to require COVID tests for Hong Kong, Macau travellers
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Korea to lift post-arrival PCR test requirement on visitors from China starting Mar. 1
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Korea to lift post-arrival PCR test requirement on visitors from China ...
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Korea to lift mask mandate for most indoor spaces Jan. 30: Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday that South Korea plans to lift the mask mandate for most ...
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Korea to lift mask mandate for most indoor spaces Jan. 30
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South Korea seeks Chinese national missing from COVID quarantine: South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they were trying to track down a Chinese national ...
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South Korea seeks Chinese national missing from COVID quarantine
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Japan to drop mask guidance, relax COVID strategy : Japan's government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical ...
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Japan to drop mask guidance, relax COVID strategy
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China Covid: France, Spain, S Korea and Israel tighten rules: France, Spain, South Korea and Israel tighten rules for Chinese arrivals as cases surge in China.
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China Covid: France, Spain, S Korea and Israel tighten rules
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S. Korea's COVID-19 cases hit below 20,000 on average last week | Yonhap News Agency
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S. Korea's COVID-19 cases hit below 20,000 on average last week | ...
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Card spending up in 2022 amid eased virus curbs : The amount of daily payments made with cards in Korea grew about 13 percent last year as eased ...
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Card spending up in 2022 amid eased virus curbs
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Australia and Canada announce COVID travel rules for arrivals from China: The two countries join a number of others - including the UK, US, India, Spain ...
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Australia and Canada announce COVID travel rules for arrivals from China
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South Korea lifts indoor mask mandate as cases fall to seven-month low: The mask mandate will remain in place at hospitals, pharmacies and on public ...
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South Korea lifts indoor mask mandate as cases fall to seven-month low
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SK Bioscience says ‘national pride’ prevents China from accepting foreign Covid jabs
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SK Bioscience says ‘national pride’ prevents China from accepting foreign ...
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COVID-positive Chinese national escapes quarantine facility : A man of Chinese nationality has escaped a quarantine facility, Tuesday night ...
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COVID-positive Chinese national escapes quarantine facility
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Online shopping up 6.3% as travel demand doubles : Online shopping in Korea surged 6.3 percent on-year in January as the purchase of travel services more than ...
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Online shopping up 6.3% as travel demand doubles
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Relaxed mask-wearing rules unlikely to result in uptick in COVID cases: experts : An indoor mask mandate, which has been in place for two years and three months ...
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Relaxed mask-wearing rules unlikely to result in uptick in COVID cases: ...